US3857781A - Method of rapid differential flocculation of tio{11 from kaolin slurries - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the beneficiation ofclays and more particularly to the differential flocculation of TiO from kaolin slurries.
- Natural occurring clays vary considerably in their color properties,- even when produced from mines in the same locality or even from different sites in the same mine. Natural occurring kaolin clay deposits contain discoloring contaminants, for example, iron and titanium minerals. Titanium minerals in kaolin usually occur as discolored particles and these are largely responsible for the yellow-brown shade of many kaolins. Often a clay is rejected as being unsuitable for commercial use solely on the basis of color even though its other physical properties such as the viscosity of claywater slurries and particle size distribution are within desired limits.
- the brightness of clays usually is increased by fractionation, the finer the particle size the brighter the clays; however, this increase is insufficient for the more discolored clays in order to be acceptable commercially and additional treatment is required of the refined clays such as chemical bleaching.
- Bleaching with chemicals such as zinc or sodium hydrosulphite generally results in improved brightness of the refined clay slurries, but this is usually an increase of only 2 to 5 brightness points.
- There are other methods of improving the brightness of clays but generally they are quite expensive and do not give a sufficient increase in brightness to justify the expense.
- the present invention overcomes the deficiencies of the prior art and achieves its objectives by the treatment of a reflocculated aged kaolin slurry with an anionic, high molecular weight polymer in the presence of specified inorganic salts. This process flocculates and settles titanium and iron contaminants at an extremely rapid sedimentation rate of 2 to 10 minutes per inch of slurry depth, leaving an extremely white kaolin clay in suspension.
- FIG. 1 is a flow diagram showing the general process of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 shows the effect of sodium hexametaphosphate dosage on recovered clay yield following various storage times of the dispersed slurry.
- FIG. 3 shows the effect of sodium hexametaphosphate dosage on finished clay brightness following various storage times of the dispersed slurry.
- FIG. 4 shows the effect of sodium hexametaphosphate dosage on the percentage of titanium oxides retained in the finished clay following various storage times of the dispersed slurry.
- FIG. 5 shows the effect of various slurry solids during chemical treatment on the yield.
- FIG. 6 shows the effect of various slurry solids during chemical treatment on the resulting brightness.
- FIG. 7 shows the effect of various slurry solids during chemical treatment on the percentages of TiO and Fe O remaining in the refined finished clay.
- FIG. 8 shows the effect of various dosages of sodiummetasilicate with various dosages of sodium hexametaphosphate and a sodium chloride dosage of 12.5 pounds per ton of dry clay on yield and brightness.
- FIG. 9 shows the effect of various dosages of sodium metasilicate with various dosages of sodium hexametaphosphate and a sodium chloride dosage of 14.5 pounds per ton of dry clay on yield and brightness.
- FIG. 10 shows the effect of various dosages of sodium metasilicate and sodium hexametaphosphate and a sodium chloride dosage of 16.5 pounds per ton of dry clay on yield and brightness.
- FIG. 11 shows the effect of various dosages of sodium metasilicate and sodium hexametaphosphate and a sodium chloride concentration of 18.5 pounds per ton of dry clay on yield and brightness.
- FIG. 12 shows the effect of various sodium chloride dosages at various sodium hexametaphosphate dosages and an average dosage of sodium metasilicate of from 12 16.5 pounds per ton of dry clay on refined slurry solids.
- FIG. 13 shows the effect of static aging and aging with mixing'of a reflocculated clay slurr'y on the recovered clay yield.
- FIG. 14 shows the effect of static aging and aging with mixing of a reflocculated clay slurry on finished clay brightness.
- FIG. 15 shows the effect of static agin and aging with mixing of a reflocculated clay slurry on the titanium dioxide retained in the finished clay.
- FIG. 16 shows the effect of polymer dosage on brightness and yield at various dosages of sodium hexametaphosphate.
- FIG. 17 shows the effect of slurry solids and sodium chloride concentration on finished clay brightness.
- FIG. 18 shows the effect of slurry solids and sodium chloride concentration on refined clay yield.
- FIG. 19 shows the effect of slurry solids and sodium chloride concentration on refined slurry solids.
- FIG. 20 shows the effect of slurry solids and sodium chloride concentration on refined clay brightness.
- FIG. 21 shows the effect of slurry solids and sodium chloride concentration on refined clay yield.
- FIG. 22 shows the effect of slurry solids and sodium chloride concentration on refined slurry solids.
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Abstract
Treatment of reflocculated aged kaolin slurries with anionic, high molecular weight polymer in the presence of specified inorganic salts flocs and settles titanium and iron contaminants leaving extremely white kaloin clay in suspension.
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United States Patent [1 1 Maynard 9' [111 3,857,781 [451 Dec. 31, 1974 METHOD OF RAPID DIFFERENTIAL FLOCCULATION 0F T10 FROM KAOLIN SLURRIES [75] Inventor: Robert Nelson Maynard, Cochran,
[73] Assignee: J. M. Huber Corporation, Locust,
[22] Filed: June 8, 1972 [21] Appl. No.: 263,730
[52] US. Cl 209/5, 106/72, 423/128 [51] Int. Cl. B03b 1/04 [58] Field of Search 209/5; 106/72, 288B;
[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,324,958 12/1919 Feldenheimer 209/5 1,774,510 9/1930 Grossman 209/5 1,925,058 8/1933 Rowland 106/72 DISPERSANT CRUDE H O Primary ExaminerRobert Halper Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Harold H. Flanders; Donald S. Lilly [57] ABSTRACT Treatment of reflocculated aged kaolin slurries with anionic, high molecular weight polymer in the presence of specified inorganic salts flocs and settles titanium and iron contaminants leaving extremely white kaloin clay in suspension.
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METHOD OF RAPID DIFFERENTIAL FLOCCULATION OF T102 FROM KAOLIN SLURRIES BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In general, the present invention relates to the beneficiation ofclays and more particularly to the differential flocculation of TiO from kaolin slurries.
Natural occurring clays vary considerably in their color properties,- even when produced from mines in the same locality or even from different sites in the same mine. Natural occurring kaolin clay deposits contain discoloring contaminants, for example, iron and titanium minerals. Titanium minerals in kaolin usually occur as discolored particles and these are largely responsible for the yellow-brown shade of many kaolins. Often a clay is rejected as being unsuitable for commercial use solely on the basis of color even though its other physical properties such as the viscosity of claywater slurries and particle size distribution are within desired limits.
The brightness of clays usually is increased by fractionation, the finer the particle size the brighter the clays; however, this increase is insufficient for the more discolored clays in order to be acceptable commercially and additional treatment is required of the refined clays such as chemical bleaching. Bleaching with chemicals such as zinc or sodium hydrosulphite generally results in improved brightness of the refined clay slurries, but this is usually an increase of only 2 to 5 brightness points. There are other methods of improving the brightness of clays but generally they are quite expensive and do not give a sufficient increase in brightness to justify the expense.
An important step forward in the solution of the brightness problem was made by Maynard, et al, as disclosed in US. Pat. No. 3,371,988.
This process while yielding a high brightness product requires relatively long sedimentation periods proceeding a sedimentation rate on the order of 70 to 100 minutes per inch of slurry depth. Attempts to utilize centrifuges in order to accelerate the sedimentation rate have thus far failed to produce acceptable yields.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to provide a new, highly effective method of removing discoloring Ti contaminants and of overcoming the deficiencies of the prior art approaches.
Other objects and a fuller understanding of the invention may be had by referring to the followingdescription and claims taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
The present invention overcomes the deficiencies of the prior art and achieves its objectives by the treatment of a reflocculated aged kaolin slurry with an anionic, high molecular weight polymer in the presence of specified inorganic salts. This process flocculates and settles titanium and iron contaminants at an extremely rapid sedimentation rate of 2 to 10 minutes per inch of slurry depth, leaving an extremely white kaolin clay in suspension.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order to facilitate the understanding of this invention, reference will now be made to the appended drawings of preferred embodiments of the present invention. The drawings should not be construed as limiting the invention but are exemplary only.
In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a flow diagram showing the general process of the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows the effect of sodium hexametaphosphate dosage on recovered clay yield following various storage times of the dispersed slurry.
FIG. 3 shows the effect of sodium hexametaphosphate dosage on finished clay brightness following various storage times of the dispersed slurry.
FIG. 4 shows the effect of sodium hexametaphosphate dosage on the percentage of titanium oxides retained in the finished clay following various storage times of the dispersed slurry.
FIG. 5 shows the effect of various slurry solids during chemical treatment on the yield.
FIG. 6 shows the effect of various slurry solids during chemical treatment on the resulting brightness.
FIG. 7 shows the effect of various slurry solids during chemical treatment on the percentages of TiO and Fe O remaining in the refined finished clay.
FIG. 8 shows the effect of various dosages of sodiummetasilicate with various dosages of sodium hexametaphosphate and a sodium chloride dosage of 12.5 pounds per ton of dry clay on yield and brightness.
FIG. 9 shows the effect of various dosages of sodium metasilicate with various dosages of sodium hexametaphosphate and a sodium chloride dosage of 14.5 pounds per ton of dry clay on yield and brightness.
FIG. 10 shows the effect of various dosages of sodium metasilicate and sodium hexametaphosphate and a sodium chloride dosage of 16.5 pounds per ton of dry clay on yield and brightness.-
FIG. 11 shows the effect of various dosages of sodium metasilicate and sodium hexametaphosphate and a sodium chloride concentration of 18.5 pounds per ton of dry clay on yield and brightness.
FIG. 12 shows the effect of various sodium chloride dosages at various sodium hexametaphosphate dosages and an average dosage of sodium metasilicate of from 12 16.5 pounds per ton of dry clay on refined slurry solids.
FIG. 13 shows the effect of static aging and aging with mixing'of a reflocculated clay slurr'y on the recovered clay yield.
FIG. 14 shows the effect of static aging and aging with mixing of a reflocculated clay slurry on finished clay brightness.
FIG. 15 shows the effect of static agin and aging with mixing of a reflocculated clay slurry on the titanium dioxide retained in the finished clay.
FIG. 16 shows the effect of polymer dosage on brightness and yield at various dosages of sodium hexametaphosphate.
FIG. 17 shows the effect of slurry solids and sodium chloride concentration on finished clay brightness.
FIG. 18 shows the effect of slurry solids and sodium chloride concentration on refined clay yield.
FIG. 19 shows the effect of slurry solids and sodium chloride concentration on refined slurry solids.
FIG. 20 shows the effect of slurry solids and sodium chloride concentration on refined clay brightness.
FIG. 21 shows the effect of slurry solids and sodium chloride concentration on refined clay yield.
FIG. 22 shows the effect of slurry solids and sodium chloride concentration on refined slurry solids.
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1. A METHOD OF BENEFICIATING KAOLIN CLAY CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF THE STEPS OF: A. TREATING AN AQUEOUS KAOLIN CLAY SUSPENSION OF FROM 45 TO 70 PERCENT SOLIDS BY WEIGHT WITH A DISPERSING AGENT IN AN AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF THAT REQUIRED TO OBTAIN MINIMUM VISCOSITY, SAID DISPERSING AGENT COMPRISING THE CMBINATION OF SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE AND SODIUM SILICATE; CONTINUING THE ADDITION OF SAID SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE AND SAID SODIUM SILICATE TO EFFECT REFLOCCULATION OF SAID AQUEOUS KAOLIN CLAY SUSPENSION; THE COMBINED AMOUNT OF SAID SODIUM HEXAMETHAPHOSPHATE AND SAID SODIUM SILICATE BEING ADDED TO SAID AQUEOUS SUSPENSION COMPRISING FROM 2 TO 10 POUNDS PER TON OF DRY CLAY OF SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE AND FROM 8 TO 20 POUNDS PER TON OF DRY CLAY OD SODIUM METASILICATE SO AS TO OBTAIN SAID MINIMUM VISCOSITY AND REFLOCCULATION BUT CMPRISING AN AMOUNT LESS THAN WHICH PRODUCES AN INTRACTABLE GEL STATE; B. DILUTING SAID REFLOCCULATED SLURRY TO FROM 25 TO 45 PERCENT SOLIDS; C. TREATING SAID SLURRY BY ADDING TO IT FROM 4 TO 50 POUNDS PER TON OF DRY CLAY OF SODIUM CHLORIDE; D. AGING SAID SALT TREATED SLURRY FOR FROM 1 TO 24 HOURS; E. FURTHER DILUTING SAID AGED SLURRY TO FROM 10 TO 35 PERCENT SOLIDS; F. ADDING TO AND MIXING WITHIN SAID DILUTED AGED SLURRY FROM 0.01 TO 0.3 POUNDS PER TON OF DRY CLAY OF A WATER SOLUBLE, STRONGLY ANIONIC POLYACRYLAMIDE POLYMER HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT IN EXCESS OF ONE MILLION, WHEREBY A SEPARATION OF TITANIUM-POLYMER FFLOCS IS EFFECTED FROM SAID SUSPENSION AT A SEDIMENTATION RATE IN EXCESS OF 10 MINUTES PER INCH OF DEPTH OF SAID SLURRY, AND G. SEPARATING THE THUS REFINED SLURRY FROM SAID FLOCS.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said initially dispersed slurry is aged for at least 24 hours prior to reflocculation.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the concentration of the sodium chloride during treatment of the slurry by said polymer is from 0.01 to 0.05 moles per liter of water.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the concentration of the sodium clooride during treatment of the slurry by said polymer is from 0.124 to 0.284 percent by weight of the water present in the clay water system.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein said salt treated slurry is aged for from 1 to 5 hours with agitation.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein said salt treated slurry is statically aged for from 3 to 24 hours.
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